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ADJUSTABLE DOUBLE BEDSTE'AD.

Patented July 21, 1885.

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ALBERT T. SOHLIOHTING, OF NEW YORK,- N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE DOUBLE BEDSTEAD.

EPBCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,645, dated July 21, 1885.

' Application filed October 31, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. SoHLIcn- TING, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Double Bedstead, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bedstead which is vertically adjustable to form one or two bed-supports one above the other, thus permitting of having two beds in the space at present occupied by a single bed.

The invention consists in the combination, with a bedstead, of a verticallyadjustable frame above it, and of devices for raising and lowering the upper section or frame and locking it in place.

The invention also consists in various parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved double bedstead, the upper section being low- V ered. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the upper section being raised and parts being in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View of the front end of the bed. Fig. 5 is a face View of the ratchet and pawl. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the latch-slide. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of part of a fixed and sliding leg, showing the arrangement of the spring-catch.

The bedstead is provided with four hollow legs, B, open at the top,and united by the headpiece 0, the foot-piece D, and the side rails, E. In the foot-piece D a drum, F, is journaled, which has its face divided into four annular compartments, F, by annular ribs or collars G. On the outside of the foot-piece of the bedstead a ratchet-wheel, H, is mounted on the shaft of the drum, the said ratchet-wheel being provided with a handle, H, for turning it. A pawl, J, pivoted on the foot-piece, rests on the ratchet-wheel. Each hollow leg B contains a vertically-sliding leg, K, on the top of which an ornamental head may be secured. To the lower or bottom part of each sliding leg K a rope, wire, or chain, L, is secured and passed over a pulley, a, at the top of the corresponding leg B, pulleys b at the bottom of the said leg, and a pulley, c, at'the end of the side rail, E. All four ropes, chains, or wires L are carried over suitable pulleys to the drum F, on which one rope is secured in each compartment, two ropes for one side of the bed being wound from left to right and the other being wound from right to left. In the outer surface of each inner sliding leg K downwardly-inclined rack-teeth M are formed in the lower part, or a rack is secured to the leg. In each leg B a horizontally-sliding latch, N, is arranged, which is pressed against the teeth of the rack by a spring, N. A cord or wire, 0, is secured to each latch, passes over suitable pulleys, d, in the top of the corresponding leg B, and is passed over other suitable pulleys, g, and conducted toa slide, P, in the foot-piece D, to which slide the several cords or wires 0 are secured. The slide P has a suitable knob, P,to facilitate shifting it. The sliding posts Kare united by end pieces, S, and side rails, E, which pass through vertical slots T in the posts B. Cross-pieces V rest on the side rails, E or E, and support the slats W, or the slats can rest directly 011 the side pieces.

The operation is as follows: When the bed is not in use, the upper section rests upon the lower section. If but one person is to occupy the bed, it need not bee-changed; but if it is to be occupied by two persons the drum F is revolved by turning the ratchet-wheel H and. winding the cords, wires, or chains L on the drum, whereby the legs K are lifted upward and out of the top of the legs B. The latches N lock the legs K in place when raised and prevent their descending under the weight of the upper bed. The bed is now provided with an upper and lower bunk. To lower the upper section, the slide P is moved to pull all the cords O, and thus withdraw all the latches, thereby permitting all the legs K to slide down, and at the same time the pawl J is raised to permit the ratchetwheel H to revolve.

The bedstead may be made of wood or metal.

Iam aware that an invalid bedstead has been provided with a frame vertically adj ustable by means of screws passing through the ends of side bars of the frame. I am also aware that a frame has been verticallyadjusted by means of pinions meshing with racks on'the legs of the frame, the said legs working in hollow legs of the bedstead; and I am further aware that a frame has been adjusted by pinions meshing into racks within the corners of the bedstead andunder the corners of the frame, and I therefore do not claim such inventions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bedstead, the combination, with legs united by end pieces and side rails, of sliding leg-sections within the legs, end bars uniting 3. The combination, with a bedstead, of sliding legs in the bedstead-legs, a bed-supporting frame held in the sliding legs, latches for locking the sliding legs in place, wires, ropes, or chains secured to the sliding legs, and of a drum to which all the ropes or chains are secured, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with the legs B, side rails, E, and head and foot pieces 0 D, of the sliding legs K, and a frame secured to the same, the ropes, chains, or wires L, the pulley F, the ratchet-wheel H, the pawl J, and the devices for locking the legs K in place in the legs B, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with the legs B, side rails, E, and head and foot pieces 0 D, of the sliding legs K, having rack-teeth, ropes, and drum for raising the top frame, the springlatches N, the cords O, and the slide P, to which they are secured, substantially as here in shown and described.

ALBERT T. SOHLIGHTING.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, JAMES M. HENLEY. 

